Immigration

In this prize-winning dramatic short, Jeanie Lee, a young Korean-American woman,
pregnant by her recently departed Mexican boyfriend and about to be married to a dull,
parentally-approved Korean doctor, is torn between conflicting cultural values.

Chronicles the history of Filipino immigration to the U.S. during the 1920s and '30s. The
story is told by the immigrants themselves, and their interviews are blended with historical
photos, film footage, and period music.

In 1993, Mieko Ouchi, a half-white, half-Japanese actress, began researching a
documentary about her Japanese immigrant grandfather. Shortly thereafter, she was cast
to star in The War Between Us, a feature film on the WWII internment of Japanese-North
Americans, thus re-enacting a key episode in her own community's history.

Portrays the life of America's pioneer social photographer, Lewis Hine (1874-1940), who
recorded the waves of immigration around the turn of the century and the development of
industrial America during the first four decades of the 20th century, from the sweatshops
of New York's Lower East Side to the mines, mills and factories across the nation. The
video blends Hine's photos with historical footage and interviews.

Celebrates the traditional art of storytelling through profiles of three storytellers--Judith
Black, whose stories explore the Jewish immigrant experience; Michael Cotter, a
Minnesota farmer whose stories focus on the extraordinary qualities of ordinary people;
and Rex Ellis, whose stories deal with the historical period of enslavement of Afro-
Americans.